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that confront us. for example, we know that almost 80% of recent conflicts stem from violence occurring within two years of the seat settlement or crease-fire. we know that the spending priorities and developing countries are remarkably consistent regardless of whether a country is at peace in civil war, or recovery from war. why? we know that in 62 staffing of of us -- why? to answer these questions, to be more effective we see the need for some moneyment tal changes. the u.s. has spent significant effort and money to address conflict, but whether we spend $3 million or $3 trillion, we haven't gotten it right. but with your help, i believe it is possible. we also know work likes yours at the local level has contributed to the longer-term decline in conflict around the world. i believe we're in the cusp as historical change. i believe that the exchange you have worked for and dreamt up for a long time, i believe in your work has brought us to the tipping point moment, for that, i thank you. making hist
that confront us. for example, we know that almost 80% of recent conflicts stem from violence occurring within two years of the seat settlement or crease-fire. we know that the spending priorities and developing countries are remarkably consistent regardless of whether a country is at peace in civil war, or recovery from war. why? we know that in 62 staffing of of us -- why? to answer these questions, to be more effective we see the need for some moneyment tal changes. the u.s. has spent...
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it is what makes us americans. we have a question down here. >> mabey if you could ask your question and then ask both of them and we will try to take them. >> i'm a comedian working in the u.s. on an h-1b visa, a process that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. and compared to my weisel when i was in singapore it was approved overnight. my question is how would you address the reform for those that want to come to the u.s. to work? and i would agree on the point that the emphasis here is on the work in the american tradition what we have to only get a job in which case i wouldn't be doubled to be here and i would point to the cato institute that mentions the market based signal on the economy and to boost wages for all levels? thank you very much. >> go ahead and ask the question and we will address both of them >> it has to be a democrat so my question is different from him. i wanted to get more to the political sphere how can the republican party become a party again the way it was during ronald reagan? i feel th
it is what makes us americans. we have a question down here. >> mabey if you could ask your question and then ask both of them and we will try to take them. >> i'm a comedian working in the u.s. on an h-1b visa, a process that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. and compared to my weisel when i was in singapore it was approved overnight. my question is how would you address the reform for those that want to come to the u.s. to work? and i would agree on the point that the emphasis...
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in particular, ohr documented a pattern of syrian dad reportedly arising from the use of use of force against protesters as well as term lack of proper analogy resulting from the can to need use of heavy weapons in populated areas. map is has also received multiple reports of civilians being killed by snipers and harms when seeking food or other basic necessities of life. reports indicate widespread arbitrary detention. forces have detained family members of wanted persons, including children in order to compel those individuals to turn themselves in. i note the release of several hundred detainees by the government of syria confirmed by the arm spent last week confirmed by the arm spent last week confirmed by the arm spent last week it's remained a detention. the week a three-minute detention. the whereabouts of many of them are unknown. reports of the widespread use of georgeanne and in treatment of detainees those listed in this report of violence committed against detainees, including children remain of grave concern here at my office received fresh accounts directly from the dems
in particular, ohr documented a pattern of syrian dad reportedly arising from the use of use of force against protesters as well as term lack of proper analogy resulting from the can to need use of heavy weapons in populated areas. map is has also received multiple reports of civilians being killed by snipers and harms when seeking food or other basic necessities of life. reports indicate widespread arbitrary detention. forces have detained family members of wanted persons, including children...
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useful. they want to keep doing something. and i think you would be, if you really are serious about this you would be shocked at the number of older people who would tell you yes, if you asked for help or guidance or support or involvement. because a lot of times once your hair gets great and your hearing gets better, you think no one wants you around anymore. it's a big deal, and i think even though the baby boom generation in the united states and in many other countries cannot afford to be mentally or physically as rapidly declining as previous generations seniors, otherwise because we're so large we will really cramp your style financially. and that of our grandchildren. so i think you be doing a good thing for society as a whole by getting more older people involved in whatever your endeavor is. now, we are out of time, but i cannot resist this. first i'm going to give, i'll ask one more series question and then i'll ask an unbelievable question we got from twitter. but first a series q
useful. they want to keep doing something. and i think you would be, if you really are serious about this you would be shocked at the number of older people who would tell you yes, if you asked for help or guidance or support or involvement. because a lot of times once your hair gets great and your hearing gets better, you think no one wants you around anymore. it's a big deal, and i think even though the baby boom generation in the united states and in many other countries cannot afford to be...
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use of force is a last resort. and i think we have to -- as we look forward, i think we need to think of the individuals in the nation, we have tended to look at sovereignty as a national, something that belongs to the government and we don't stress the responsibility of other people and they are responsibility to the people. if you bring in the consent of the individual, you're looking at completely different situation. but let me leave you with an african proverb. you cannot bend the wind. so bend the -- and we are all going to have to be part of the effort to improve our world. and we need to be part of changes we want the world to be. we cannot sit back. i'll give my conversation with my god friend. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [inaudible] kofi, thank you so much for getting us of to a terrific short and very shortly we'll give our friends a chance to interact with you. i'm sure that during the course of the conversation we'll want to come back to your final comments about responsibility to protec
use of force is a last resort. and i think we have to -- as we look forward, i think we need to think of the individuals in the nation, we have tended to look at sovereignty as a national, something that belongs to the government and we don't stress the responsibility of other people and they are responsibility to the people. if you bring in the consent of the individual, you're looking at completely different situation. but let me leave you with an african proverb. you cannot bend the wind. so...
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give us the stories. let us tell the stories. i hope you will send us those stories and i hope you will send a message to those who voted to filibuster this very important legislation today that they are not on the side of the american people, they are not on the side of the working families, they are not on the side of the middle class, they are not on the side of economic progress, they are not on the side of economic growth. and, mr. president, i thank you so much for the time and by yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. brown: wow. that was interesting. i remember the senator was speaking before me before we left she was praising the republicans for working with her, one republican specifically, about how appreciative she was about working together and taking the time in a bipartisan manner to work forward on a very important piece of legislation that she was spearheading and we worked for. we didn't filibuster that. we didn't filibuster the postal bill, we didn'
give us the stories. let us tell the stories. i hope you will send us those stories and i hope you will send a message to those who voted to filibuster this very important legislation today that they are not on the side of the american people, they are not on the side of the working families, they are not on the side of the middle class, they are not on the side of economic progress, they are not on the side of economic growth. and, mr. president, i thank you so much for the time and by yield...
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violence of hi own people and european allies coming to us and telling us how important it was for us to act, the arab league calling for intervention as well, we went to the europeans in that case and said, we agree, action needs to be taken. we took the lead, got a u.n. security council resolution and said we're prepared to do -- >> let me focus in, i appreciate and honor that, too, but, you know, to build a, an appropriate defense mechanism as a group of countries, it takes year in, year out, year in, year out investment. i mean, just as we see right now with sequestration here. i mean, the pentagon's already beginning to be concerned about the future because their horizon is not just in a month, but it's over a long period of time. and i think what we're seeing in europe is over a long period of time a very downward trajectory. and so i honor what happened in libya, but i'm still not seeing anything whatsoever that's changing the trend to move it back up to, by the way, what is a commitment. i mean, this is not like a goal, a 2% investment of gdp is an absolute commitment by the n
violence of hi own people and european allies coming to us and telling us how important it was for us to act, the arab league calling for intervention as well, we went to the europeans in that case and said, we agree, action needs to be taken. we took the lead, got a u.n. security council resolution and said we're prepared to do -- >> let me focus in, i appreciate and honor that, too, but, you know, to build a, an appropriate defense mechanism as a group of countries, it takes year in,...
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-- watch our competitors pass us by. i think if we're going to lead we have to work together. the private sector can and will provide the financing and researchers to develop critical innovations and deploy them, but the federal government, the congress in particular, must set a realistic and positive policy pathway to sustain these innovations and let the market work to its fullest potential. the master limited partnership's parity act moves us toward that goal. by leveling the playing field for fair competition, this market-driven solution could provide vital and needed support for the kind of comprehensive energy strategy we need to power our country for generations to come. 10 many us who will support this bill also support the p.t.c. and other clean energy financing vehicles. others may not. on the specific question of master limited partnerships, the bill that we introduce today simply allows us to come together in a bipartisan way to open it up to all energy sources and to build a sustainable energy financing futu
-- watch our competitors pass us by. i think if we're going to lead we have to work together. the private sector can and will provide the financing and researchers to develop critical innovations and deploy them, but the federal government, the congress in particular, must set a realistic and positive policy pathway to sustain these innovations and let the market work to its fullest potential. the master limited partnership's parity act moves us toward that goal. by leveling the playing field...
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we're for more drilling, we're for use of coal, we're for use of, much more use of natural gas, we're for all of the things that can be, that are domestic resource and can reduce america's dependence on imported petroleum products. one of those components is the electrification of the automobile which makes all kinds of sense and will make increasing sense in another five years when the cost of batteries and the technology will come way down. so it's part of, it's an important part of the overall mosaic of energy efficiency and, by the way, reduced cost of driving because driving an electric vehicle costs a fraction of petroleum-powered vehicle. so my plea to the right, and i have written e-mails to rush limbaugh who likes to describe me as my good friend bob lutz, although i never get an e-mail response from him. bill o'reilly, who wanted me on the show, and i couldn't go because i'm a cnbc contributor. but all of these people i fend frustrate me in the unwillingness to accept that electrification of the mobile ec to have is a -- sector is a good thing to do and in the national inter
we're for more drilling, we're for use of coal, we're for use of, much more use of natural gas, we're for all of the things that can be, that are domestic resource and can reduce america's dependence on imported petroleum products. one of those components is the electrification of the automobile which makes all kinds of sense and will make increasing sense in another five years when the cost of batteries and the technology will come way down. so it's part of, it's an important part of the...
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the sanctions make us stronger. the sanctions make us self-sufficient. he has a long litany describing how the sanctions in effect something ultimately will turn iran into its benefit. now he is is saying the sanctions are brutal and the truth is, they are brutal. you look what is happening in the iranian energy area, not only the fact that they're able to sell, you know, less than 50% of what they were selling before. it is that their production, their output is down from over 4 million barrels a day to 2.6 million barrels a day. part of the reason for that is precisely because of the sanctions, the inability to continue to invest in the energy infrastructure, the inability to continue to pump and store oil as they shut down oil fields that may not be so easy for them to recoup. you look what is happening to the currency, the devaluation. there are some estimates that the currency is being devalued by half every two months. think about what that means. it means that what you're buying, when you go and you buy something it costs you twice as much. it mea
the sanctions make us stronger. the sanctions make us self-sufficient. he has a long litany describing how the sanctions in effect something ultimately will turn iran into its benefit. now he is is saying the sanctions are brutal and the truth is, they are brutal. you look what is happening in the iranian energy area, not only the fact that they're able to sell, you know, less than 50% of what they were selling before. it is that their production, their output is down from over 4 million...
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and i know the staff joined with us and we want you to join with us also. we have actually three things are going to do to honor brent. first, seymour fine, doctor fine, since he didn't get to do the pledge is going to do the honors of unveiling the plaque that will appear in the new headquarters for all to see for years and years to come. >> thank you. brand, we had the wonderful idea of creating a plaque in tribute to your 25 years of service and i'd like to unveil it and read the inscription. >> its heavy. [applause] .. >> i was hoping that i could really talk about this because i was so excited when i saw the gift, but some very generous benefactors when they heard that we were going to honor brent tonight spontaneously like this, they said we want to help, and we want to give something. but they're as humble as brent is, so they said we're not to mention it, we're not to say what it is, but, norma, get the suntan lotion out and enjoy and rejuvenate for the next 25 years. [applause] to show you how unscripted it was, we were supposed to have the voice o
and i know the staff joined with us and we want you to join with us also. we have actually three things are going to do to honor brent. first, seymour fine, doctor fine, since he didn't get to do the pledge is going to do the honors of unveiling the plaque that will appear in the new headquarters for all to see for years and years to come. >> thank you. brand, we had the wonderful idea of creating a plaque in tribute to your 25 years of service and i'd like to unveil it and read the...